Named after Prerow, a Baltic seaside resort on the Darß peninsula.
The name Prerow comes from the Slavic word ‘prerova’ and means roughly ‘ditch’ or ‘breach’; it first belonged to the Prerower Strom, a waterway. The square, named in 1984, is the centre of Neu-Hohenschönhausen. The streets of the neighbouring Ostseeviertel (Baltic quarter) are mostly named after places on the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula.